In short, the Trump administration believes it has what game theorists call escalation dominance over China and any other ...

JEROME DREVON is Senior Analyst in Jihad and Modern Conflict at the International Crisis Group. He is the author of From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics and a co-author of the ...

How to turn maximum pressure into personal diplomacy.

MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America and the author of The Abandonment of the West: ...

Since the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing Israeli war on Gaza, the plight of Palestinians in the occupied ...

GEOGRAPHICALLY the Transcaucasian region forms a bridge between East and West, between Asia and Europe. Politically it has ...

For decades, it has been a trope of foreign policy commentary in the United States that Washington does not pay enough attention to its own hemisphere. But the Trump administration seems to be bucking ...

The U.S. dollar has been the dominant currency in global trade and finance for more than seven decades. Over that time, little has ever truly threatened its position. Global economic systems operate ...

Nonpartisanship is a crucial element of the U.S. military’s professional ethic. Officers are appointed and promoted based on ...